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Ray dalio gives his list of top 20 books that every investor should read, taken from his writings, interviews, and shareholder letters over the years. John heylar, coauthor of barbarians at the gate much, much more than a brilliant account of paulsons trade of the century. Easily the best of the postcrash financial books malcolm gladwell. The book is compulsory reading for those looking for exceptional insights on the complex. See all books authored by ed paulson, including the complete idiots guide to starting your own business the complete idiots guide, and complete idiots guide to personal financequi the complete idiots guide, and more on. John paulson has 24 books on goodreads with 1068 ratings. In fact, less than 10% of the books recommended are finance books. Books by john paulson author of tabata training goodreads. How a change of climate made us human by john gribbin, mary gribbin models of my life mit press by herbert a.
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